86 Clarence Road, Benfleet, SS7 1DB

86 Clarence Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2019. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 20.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 219 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold April 2025 for £663,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.